“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute…”–Rebecca West

I really like Anais Mitchell - her folk/rock opera Hadestown is brilliant, but I also really enjoy several of her stand-alone songs. I listen to Tori Amos and Regina Spektor a lot, and of course Ani DiFranco, who I think is a wonderful poet as well as a great musician.

If I bang my head against a brick wall five times and get five lumps, why am I surprised when I bang it a sixth time and get a sixth lump?

"Isn't it funny that the only time your race or gender is questioned is when you're not a white man?" - Wanda Sykes

A second a recommendation for these even though I haven't listened to either in a long time. It's somehow hard to come up with memorable women singers. It's disgusting how mainstream it is but Adele is probably the first impressionable women singer I can think of.

I know Amanda Palmer has said and done some unfortunate things but I loove the Dresden Dolls.

This made me realize that I have no female singers in my music... Alice Cooper is about the closest I come. Probably should remedy that instead of just listening to them on Youtube and Grooveshark all the time.

Nameless bodies, in unremembered roomsKnow how a man becomes a beast when the wolfbane blooms

Not exactly like Julie Doiron but if you don't know the band Warpaint, you might want to check them out. They have this soft psychedelic alt rock thing going - they have a few Doironesque songs as well. I LOVE them, they are an all woman band. I've seen them live twice(discovered them when I went to see the XX and they opened ): They rock the freaking house.

Here are two Doironish songs by them:

I super-duper enjoy they that are not trying to serve up any sex appeal to win fans.They're just making their music and their music is awesome!

I can add more to this list, I just have to peruse my ipod. I will be back.

What was once before you - an exciting, mysterious future - is now behind you. Lived; understood; disappointing. You realize you are not special. You have struggled into existence, and are now slipping silently out of it. This is everyone's experience. Every single one. The specifics hardly matter. Everyone's everyone.

lykin005 wrote:This may not be exactly what your looking for but I thoroughly enjoy Angela Gossow of arch enemy! It's pretty heavy, metal stuff so if your not into that I apologize. Here's my favorite song.

Seconding: Ani diFranco for sure. Neko Case. Regina Spektor. ADELE--I didn't give her a chance for ages because she's top 40, but I was so wrong, she's fantastic. (I don't like Someone Like You and I'm sick of Rolling in the Deep but I really like One and Only and Set Fire to the Rain, plus the first album is just a cool neo-soul album).

I fucking adore Joanna Newsom, but this is very difficult to get a ton of agreement on.

This is the best thread on the forum right now! Julie Doiron is so fucking rad!

Check out:

Charlotte Cornfield (folksy, also she's a Montreal local and I spent a while hitting on her at a party where she'd just introduced herself as "Charlotte" and then kind of freaked out afterwards when I realized who she was).

Holly Go-Lightly (sometimes country-ish, sometimes closer to rock)

Feist and Fiona Apple, of course

Joanna Newsom is pretty polarizing, but her voice changed for her latest album (Have One On Me) and has more mass appeal, now. Also, she plays the harp. Listen to "'81"

Maow (pop punk/retro rock, Neko Case was the drummer)

Mirah (listen to "The Garden", for a different flavour, also check out her collaboration project, "Thao and Mirah" - and now I want to look into Thao Nguyen's work too)

Nina Nastasia (great, folksy/soulful voice)

Scout Niblett (listen to "Kiss", she also rocks out HARD on "The Calcination of Scout Niblett")

Sleater-Kinney! Sleater-Kinney! Sleater-Kinney!

St. Vincent (listen to "Actor Out Of Work", she similarly rocks out hard, if you can ever see her live I HIGHLY recommend it - when I saw her a while back, she walked on stage in this adorable little dress and then proceeded to fucking shred.)

Tiger Trap (twee-pop)

X-ray Spex (girl punk! listen to "O Bondage! Up Yours!")

The Slits (also girl punk)

anything associated with the Riot Grrrl movement

You Say Party ("dance punk" apparently? listen to "Lonely's Lunch")

...yeah, girl rock is kind of my specialty

The personal is the political.

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